Naoki Yoshida's Comment in Regard to Jump Potions/Boost Potions

[Berethos]

So many tiny threads that don't get any real development and feel completely disjointed from each other.

Perhaps they feel disjointed if you're already not wanting to go through them and not paying attention.

The Primal stuff keeps feeding new information that tied into the Shiva arc and on into Heavensward. The Refugee stuff ties into both Ul'dah politics and Doma, and the Ala Mhigan side of the refugee stuff connects to Crystal Braves in important ways (it all adds depth to Ilberd's actions).

With the exception of the Doman refugee stuff, those things have continued to see story development in Heavensward.

There is literal filler - things like Tataru and her trying out different jobs, but notice I've not included that with the other important stuff that takes up something like 80%of the 2.x series.

I'm not against it being skippable with a synopsis, or unshackling dungeon and play areas from being gated by the main story.

I am against describing the important story developments of the 2.x series as being unimportant and not relevant to the story (when they so clearly are) as it is a disservice to new players (who might be convinved to skip over itn if allowed and then later learn they missed a whole bunch of important story elements) and to the writers who are creating long term plot elements so that the story 5 years down the road was properly set up and is coherent with everything that has happened so far...instead of having to pull random stuff out of nowhere (*cough Pandaria cough*).

I get that it's easier to argue that the stuff should be skippable if you make it seem like it's not important (and you may even truly believe that, something I clearly disagree with)...but doing so paints a skewed picture regarding what happens in the 2.x MSQ.